Tangura Surname

2,483,783rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 60 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Tangura Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tangura Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea451:181,19425,163
Zimbabwe81:1,929,78092,581
India51:153,413,076951,030
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Tangura (24) may also be a first name.

Tangura Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tangura Come From? nationality or country of origin

Tangura (Oriya: ଟାୁରା) occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tangura? popularity and diffusion

Tangura is the 2,483,783rd most frequently used last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 121,459,099 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 75 percent of Tangura reside; 75 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 75 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Tangura is also the 2,187,323rd most numerous given name worldwide It is held by 24 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 45 people, or 1 in 181,194. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Western, where 80 percent live, East Sepik, where 18 percent live and Eastern Highlands, where 2 percent live. Outside of Papua New Guinea Tangura occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 13 percent live and India, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Tangura Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tangura in the Oriya language
ଟାୁରାtaura72.73
ଟାୁରିtauri18.18
ଟାୁରtaura9.09

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tangura
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